So a new Beato vid... Best "Sounding" Albums...

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He's got some solid choices... including one that @micwalt and I are both big fans of...



but one that I think he missed... maybe it's just cooler to me than to others...

... Ah Via Musicom.

I know almost every guitarist knows Cliffs of Dover... but shiiiiit... the flanging.... reverb... nuanced layers.... this song still gives me chills every time I hear it:



And arguably, Eric Johnson probably could have made an even bigger splash had he gotten someone else to sing these songs. I'm thinking someone like Paul Rogers... he could have pulled off the sensitivity of some of the lyrics while crushing the rock cred.
 
As a response to my own inquiry... I typed "Eric Johnson guest vocalist" into youtube and what in the actual fuck.... I found an early 80's Eric Johnson playing guitar for Carol King..... and Eric is in full Wes Montgomery mode... :shitbricks:

 
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baimun said:
As a response to my own inquiry... I typed "Eric Johnson guest vocalist" into youtube and what in the actual fuck.... I found an early 80's Eric Johnson playing guitar for Carol King..... and Eric is in full Wes Montgomery mode... :shitbricks:

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I like how both Carol and the other guitarist look at Eric at the end of the song and applaud his solo.
 
I’ll give it a watch when I get home. I’m betting my top 2 sounding albums did not make the list. I’m talking about the sound of the album, not necessarily the music on it, but Depeche Mode’s Violator and RHCP Blood sugar sex magik sound awesome. They are always my go to when seeing how an audio system sound.
 
Seems like Rick likes a lot of definition in his tracks and very present kit sounds—especially on the higher side of the frequency band. Dude also has very 90s-informed tastes.
 
Chad said:
I’ll give it a watch when I get home. I’m betting my top 2 sounding albums did not make the list. I’m talking about the sound of the album, not necessarily the music on it, but Depeche Mode’s Violator and RHCP Blood sugar sex magik sound awesome. They are always my go to when seeing how an audio system sound.
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BSSM is one of my all-time favorite albums as well. Truthfully, I struggle to listen to Stadium Arcadium or any of the newer stuff because my brain is so fixated on the rawness of that album. :embarrassed:
 
Peen Simmons said:
Seems like Rick likes a lot of definition in his tracks and very present kit sounds—especially on the higher side of the frequency band. Dude also has very 90s-informed tastes.
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Which sometimes surprises me due to his age.... but then again, I like a good chunk of dance and hip hop that i probably shouldn't for being 50.
 
baimun said:
Which sometimes surprises me due to his age.... but then again, I like a good chunk of dance and hip hop that i probably shouldn't for being 50.
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It’s not surprising at all that the Neo-Retro thing from the 1990s is his bag. I mean, that’s when he was cutting his teeth as a pro. And that kind of “best of the 60s and and 70s but with higher fidelity and more polish” approach remains the standard for legacy/heritage artists and critic-bait projects. I mean, even his mention of Pet Sounds is A VERY 90s CHOICE.

Only Kid A, Songs in the Key of Life, and Beggars Banquet from his list are really marginally messier, murkier less “crisp” albums from this list. And it’s not like he picked any super 80s sounding 80s records. Heck even his Daniel Lanois produced pick doesn’t have Lanois’ customary fog.
 
I watched that and it was a good list. He missed what I (and others) consider one of the best produced pop albums ever though - Toy Matinee.
 
Is the Cars' 1978 self-titled album in there? I haven't had time to watch yet. That album has always struck me as being perfectly recorded/produced/etc. And the songs are all great too.
 
4 Steely Dan 10 Peter Gaberial 12 Boston 16 Stones,18 VanHalen, 21 Rush and 24 Chicago 35 Bonnie Raitt .

His honorable mentions should remove a lot his filler off the list. To much atmosphere swirling swishyness is not good sound to me. So much doesn’t hold up because when I go back and listen it makes me think they’re hiding or filling in for where players fall short.

I don’t care for the rest really.

No Miles Davis Kind of Blue? “So What” is like you’re sitting there in the room with them. Omg!
 
For me the best recordings have a vibe/mood/space that makes you want to listen to the entire album.
My favs are usually the sparser kind, like these.
Red Headed Stranger-Willie
On the Beach-Neil Young
Horses-Pati Smith
That Velvet Underground album with the banana on it.
The first Johnny Cash recording that Rock Rubin did.
Laid Back-Greg Altman
Into the Purple Valley-Ry Cooder
 
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